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Growth the size of a melon: a scrotum-swelling disease threatening thousands (www.theguardian.com)
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Efforts to eradicate the disfiguring mosquito-borne infection lymphatic filariasis are advancing, but it is still rife in 51 countries

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[โ€“] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

scrotum-swelling disease ... mosquito-borne infection

Greeeeat.

I'm a mosquito magnet for some reason. Adding this to the growing laundry list of reasons to douse myself in deep woods insect repellent every time I step outside.